25 Migrating Imaging 11g

This chapter provides guidance on upgrading Oracle WebCenter Imaging 11g systems to 12c.

This chapter contains the following topics:

Topics

• Understanding Imaging 11g Migration

• Managing Imaging 11g Migration

• Migration Logs

25.1 Understanding Imaging 11g Migration

This chapter describes the migration process that is required to move Imaging 11g to 12c completely. Once this transition is complete, you will not be able to go back to Imaging 11g.

It is important to migrate after upgrade from 11g to 12c to standardize the annotation file format. In particular, the Imaging 11g document annotations and supporting content will be migrated to 12c as document attachments. Also, the 12c UI provides a web-based viewing experience that includes annotation functionality. In addition to the Imaging 11g basic and advanced viewers, users can also use the WebCenter Content ADF UI viewer. The migration process converts the Imaging annotation structure into the 12c Web UI viewer annotation structure which will be understood by both the IPM viewer and the WebCenter Content UI Viewer.

Note:

For more information on how to upgrade your system with Imaging 11g to Imaging 12c, see Performing an Upgrade of Oracle WebCenter Content Imaging in Upgrading Oracle WebCenter.

Note:

Supporting content is the Imaging equivalent of WebCenter Content attachments. If you were using the Application Extension Framework (AXF) to implement various imaging solutions, such as the Accounts Payable Solution that used the Oracle Forms Recognition tool to extract additional metadata, you can utilize the Imaging supporting content feature to store this extracted metadata in its XML form.

In both 11g and 12c environments, there are specific Imaging components residing in WebCenter Content that provide the Imaging functionality. These are standard WebCenter Content extension components that can be enabled or disabled from the WebCenter Content administration user interface. The Imaging functionality in Content Server is provided by the IpmRepository and Imaging components. As you move to the 12c environment, you’ll need to enable the IpmRepository component. The Imaging component is enabled by default in the new WebCenter Content 12c installation (or upgrade).

In 11g, users of both Imaging and Content Server user interfaces were able to search for and view Imaging documents. The IpmRepository component ensured that document redactions security was enforced in the user interfaces. It is recommended not to disable the IpmRepository component. After the migration is complete, the new Imaging component will provide the same level of redaction security. In 12c, the Imaging component is enabled by default. Both the Imaging component and the IpmRepository component must be enabled during the migration.

Note:

In 12c, a new version of the IpmRepository component is provided with the 12c WebCenter Content installation. This is conceptually the same component; however, this new version has been adapted to run in Content Server 12c.  These two versions of the IpmRepository component are not interchangeable.

This section includes the following topics:

• About the Imaging Migration Tool

• Imaging 11g Migration Process Overview

25.1.1 About the Imaging Migration Tool

The Imaging Migration tool (provided by the Imaging component) is used to migrate Imaging documents to the latest 12c version and is installed and enabled by default.

Overview

You can view the number of documents pending migration at any point in time while the migration is in progress, and also view information on migration successes and failures using the Imaging Migration tool. While the migration is in progress, the Migration Process tab displays the total number of annotation and supporting content documents migrated along with the total number of annotation and supporting content documents present in the system.

You can test your migration configuration by running the Imaging Migration tool on a single document. This will confirm that the Imaging Migration tool is working as expected. After migrating a single document, use the WebCenter Content Web UI to view the document and see corresponding annotations. Similarly, verify that the Supporting Content appears as an attachment on the document in the Web UI Document Properties page. This tool tracks its progress in such a way that it can be paused and resumed at any time without repeating work unnecessarily. Thus, it is possible to start the migration allowing it to work on a larger number of documents in order to gather performance metrics.  These metrics will be unique to each environment and help to estimate the overall duration of the migration.

The Imaging Migration tool is designed to work in parallel with an active Imaging 11g system with one caveat.  This parallel migration mode is to facilitate long-running migrations that may need to occur while imaging operations continue. The Imaging Migration tool automatically detects any new annotation or supporting content documents that are created in 12c Content Server by 11g Imaging and migrates these to their new 12c format. However, any updates to existing annotation document (for example, new annotations added) coming from Imaging 11g is not migrated to 12c format if the document is already migrated once.

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You can upgrade your WebCenter Content 11g deployments with Imaging to 12c without removing the Imaging components in the 11g environment. Ensure that Content Server is fully functional and the search / check-in / add attachments features are working in 12c before starting Imaging 11g migration. For the migration to run, the Imaging component must be enabled.

If you face any issues during the migration, you can abort the process using the Abort button on the Migration Process tab, fix the issues, and start the migration again. The data created as part of migration process cannot be deleted, it can only be overwritten by running the Imaging Migration tool again. You do not need to back up your Imaging 11g data before running this tool as it does not delete any data during migration. It is recommended to run the tool on a certain fixed number of documents, and then extrapolate the time for the total number of documents to be migrated.

You can run this tool multiple times on the same set of documents. After starting the Imaging Migration tool, if you pause the migration after n number of documents have been migrated, and then resume the migration process, the migration utility will not process the same n documents again but rather process the remaining documents. However, if you abort the migration after n documents have been processed and then start the migration again, the tool will migrate the previously migrated documents again. Once the migration is complete, you can use the option to purge the Imaging 11g data. For more information, see Deleting Imaging 11g Data.

Functions

The Imaging Migration tool allows you to:

• Migrate your Imaging 11g content to the latest version of Imaging 12c

• Test the migration for a single document before doing a complete migration

• View the status of migration including successes and failures

• View the list of failed Imaging 11g document and filter the results by document ID, error message, or annotation or supported document ID

• Retry migration of failed documents

• Delete Imaging 11g data after migration to the latest version

25.1.2 Imaging 11g Migration Process Overview

The Imaging Migration tool provides the options to manage Imaging 11g migration.

The following steps summarize how you migrate your Imaging 11g data using the Imaging Migration tool.

1. Get started accessing the Migration Admin Control. See Accessing the Imaging Migration Tool.

2. On the Preview Migration tab, enter a document ID, and click Migrate Content to migrate a specific Imaging 11g document. This may be useful in order to test the migration configuration before running complete migration. See Testing the Migration Configuration.

3. On the Migration Overview tab, view and start the migration of Imaging 11g documents. See Migrating Imaging 11g Data.

4. Once the migration is in progress, on the Migration Process tab, view the status of the migration, including the number of successful, failed and pending documents. This page refreshes automatically to show the most recent migration status. See Viewing Migration Progress.

5. On the Migration Failures tab, view the list of documents that failed the migration process. Also, filter the results based on IPM document ID, annotation or supporting content ID, or error message. See Viewing Migration Failures.

6. Once the migration is complete, on the Delete 11g IPM Data tab, click Purge to delete the Imaging 11g data. This deletes the entire Imaging data including annotation and supporting content files and annotation specific security group. See Deleting Imaging 11g Data.

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The annotations in the Imaging 11g documents are migrated to the latest version of Imaging 12c and saved as annotationRendition attachments, and the supported content attachments are migrated as is.

25.2 Managing Imaging 11g Migration

Imaging 11g Migration tool provides the options to migrate Imaging 11g data, view migration progress, test the migration configuration, and view and retry migration failures.

This section contains the following topics:

Topics

• Accessing the Imaging Migration Tool

• Migrating Imaging 11g Data

• Testing the Migration Configuration

• Viewing Migration Progress

• Viewing Migration Failures

• Deleting Imaging 11g Data

25.2.1 Accessing the Imaging Migration Tool

The Imaging Migration tool can be accessed from the Administration menu in the Content Server user interface.

To access the Imaging Migration tool:

• Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.

  Figure 25-1 Migration Admin Control Dialog

  
  The Migration Overview tab is displayed by default.

25.2.2 Migrating Imaging 11g Data

The Migration Overview tab within Migration Admin Control provides the option to migrate your Imaging 11g data to the latest version.

To migrate your Imaging 11g data:

1. Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.
2. On the Migration Overview tab, view the number of documents to be migrated, and click Start Migration to start the migration of Imaging 11g data.
   The Start Migration button is enabled only when there is no migration in progress.

25.2.3 Testing the Migration Configuration

You can test the migration configuration before running a complete migration by running the Imaging Migration tool on a single Imaging 11g document. This helps ensure that annotations and redactions are migrated correctly during migration.

To test the migration configuration:

1. Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.
2. On the Preview Migration tab, enter a document ID, and click Migrate Content to migrate a specific Imaging 11g document.

   Note:

   In case the migration fails, a rollback is not required as the Imaging Migration tool does not delete any data during migration.

   Figure 25-2 Preview Migration Tab

   

25.2.4 Viewing Migration Progress

You can view the migration progress on the Migration Progress tab within Imaging Admin Control.

To view migration progress:

1. Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.
2. Select the Migration Process tab. This tab displays the status of the migration, including the number of successful, failed and pending documents. This page refreshes automatically to show the most recent migration status.
3. Use the Abort Migration, Pause/Resume Migration, and Retry Failed Migration buttons to abort, pause or resume the migration process, or to retry failed migration respectively.

25.2.5 Viewing Migration Failures

You can use the Migration Failures tab within Imaging Admin Control to view the list of documents that failed the migration process.

To view migration failures:

1. Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.
2. Select the Migration Failures tab.
   A list of documents that failed the migration process is displayed.
3. Enter the Imaging 11g document ID, annotation or supporting document ID, error message, and click Search to filter the results based on IPM Document id, annotation or supporting content ID, or error message.
4. Select the check box next to a document to retry the migration on a single document or select the Select All check box to select all the failed documents and retry the migration for all of them.
5. Optionally, select the check box next to a document to delete a single document or select the Select All check box to select all the failed documents and delete all of them.
6. When a single document is selected, click Open in WCC Viewer to view the document in the WebCenter Content viewer.

25.2.6 Deleting Imaging 11g Data

The Delete 11g IPM Data tab within Imaging Admin Control provides the option to delete Imaging 11g data once you have successfully migrated all your Imaging content to the latest version.

To delete Imaging 11g data:

1. Choose Administration, then Imaging Migration Administration, then Migration Admin Control.
2. Select the Delete 11g IPM Data tab.
3. Click Purge to delete the Imaging 11g data. This deletes the entire Imaging data including annotation and supporting content files and annotation specific security group.
   The Purge button is enabled only when all the Imaging 11g data has been migrated to 12c.

25.3 Migration Logs

You can track activity during migration events by examining migration trace logs. The migration data is logged to Content Server trace files under imagingmigration trace section.

You can configure the Content Server trace file size limit and file rolling as needed to capture complete migration logs.

Viewing Imaging 11g Migration Logs

To access the logs, click View Server Output from the Actions menu on the page. The Imaging Migration tool log information is included with other tracing logs that are generated.